difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
way of calling (something or someone)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
one's own handwriting; autograph
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
authentication code; authenticator
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
conducting wire; line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
complicated and mysterious
various places; several sources
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
program (e.g. TV); programme
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
interval; step; pitch; key
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
partly open; in half bloom
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only